The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-17 00:00:00

f The at' air which took place in the house of the Rasiian Minister, . on the evening of the 14th, has been one of the most unfortunate which could occur; for since at ell times the Spanish Government and Nation have been distinguished for its faithful regard to I ie righti of nations, in the present circumstances sive ought to shew ourselves, and especially the city of Madrid, so much the more considerate and attentive towards the representatives of other Powers, as we are hostile and _irreconcilable towards. the common enemy. The reasons alleged for violating the resi dence of that Minister de, not justify the slightest disregard of the respeEt and consideration due to his person, family, and house. These are all sacred ; and the least insult or inattention to them should be considered as a .crime. The interests of POWees, their relations, and the inviolability of their kepre sentatives, are most delicate, and are more e 4 sity. a f.. - feeled than those of individuals. In the ;,sSertion of these principles, and the adher.:;tve CG them in prac tice, lies a great proof of tl-,e cultivation and dignity of nations: May Madri'.' 'be never again exposed to have so black a Stain. fi f f:ed ut on her name! Her re spect for public o'olnion, the close tics which unite us to friendly 13 ,0•,vers, and- our national chara':fer, sea t wo . well known to. 'render it necessary to ad vance rep vent of . - ? scats of political interest in order to pre r s deviation froM those principles. ~,<Knertheless, we ought never ,to forget that the 4mo - ion enemy, in the pradiee-of his artifices to our injury,- Will not omit to sow discord between us arid our Attics: fomenting disseni ions, exciting the rage of iniiscreet persons, and purchasing, if it is necessary,- some towns, in order, that by occasioning such.dis - erder, he may prejudice, to our disservice, the Re presentatives or Envoys of the amicable Courts,. and 'prepare the way tor a rupture, or. hostilities, which have Often.been,occasioned by - trifling occurrences. The people, wttich, in so terrible. a situation, astoni,hecl .the world by their prudent and enlight ened conduit in their internal concerns, ought to he also- wise . and generous in matters of incalculable importance, in which ,the slightest errors would dis credit apd stain their name in the eyes of the acaticable, Powers, and ef all Europe. On the other held the Central Junt a cannot_ see without the greatest. displeasure, and cannot avoid punishing eclat severisy, the slightest fault of . this descrip tion. The not heavy punishments„ even death, shall be decreed against all who assail, direaly or indirect ly, the persons, families, and houses of the Foreign ilinisters, or fail in the least- resped in the 'consider ation due to them. Whoever. thought that in such houses Frenchmen were concealed, or hosp attached to their cause, ought to denounce this.. to the Go vern.ment or Central Junta, in order that they should adopt measures for inflicting the puniShment due to them ; and in order that this .may be known to all, the .Council are to publish and circulate this Decree, and zealously watch over its execution. 4 EL CONDE DE FLORIDA BLANCA. IVIAUTIN DE GAIlAr.' • Given in the Royal Residence of Aranjuez, Ott. 15, " Published in full Council this day, and ordered to be printed and fixed on the usual public places.of atis City, that all may be acquainied with it. `` Dun I . 3ARThoLouz .Nutzoz. " Madrid, Oct. 19. 13..5." (Diario de Madtid,-0a..214 .The Madrid Dky, of OEtober 21. contains another Pro" ei:mation istued and published by the srme Bodies, on the isirie subject, and upon the same day. I t throw. no fresh light on the Mt; either as to Its causes or probable resUlts.j CORUNNA, Ocr. 29. METHODICAL DiVISION OF OUR ARMIES. THE LEFT. Those of Galicia and Asturia, with 10,000 men frorn the North. THE RIGHT. ThiKe of Catalonia, Murcia, and 10,000 men from Granada, under General'REDlNG. ♦RMY or 013 SE • VATION. The Provincial Troops of Annon. THE-CIVTRZ. The Army of the Centre is divided into two bo dies, cue of Operatiun and another of Re rye. It is compostd of the troops of Andalusia, La Mancha, E4tremadura, Valencia, the two Castiles, and 20,000 . English, who will concentrate themselves at gurgos. The total of the force ;la ually in t he. presence of the enemy, according to the most exact calculations, and the a] , ices received from Biscay and Navarre, is about 185,000 men. Though' this army is in reality formidable, and more especially when victorious, animated With , erillit.siasm, and stimul a t e d b y t h e jniness of its cause, important considerations which o we it' threefold strength; nevertheless, with all these advantages, we should not indulge in too much confidence. The enemy is still powerful, abundant in resources, and fertlle in means. He is, no doubt, utsiiiiattly iniquitous; but he is at the same time agatiOns, a master in the art of war, and possessed of diabolical cunning. For all these reasons, we uld not relax for an instant in our efforts, but, on the con!rary, should all of us contribute with the - •artic zeal ti , ; . at first, to 6huri,h, with every degree of sit tion, ibis child of ours, which all of us have Corteited and brought forth, and which we ought to reserve iii a robust state, though at the expense et the blood of our own viens. There is an old pro-. that the tiger is more dangerous in the agonies d death; than when hunting his prey. , II.LANUEVA.HC GE LT?. A, OCT. I s. —This 'week there ah ,an aLtiou in the vicinity of Barcelona. The cavalry recently arrived ;nom Minorca, on this occa sion, gave the French a sound drubbing ; in conse queoce of uhich, it is supposed, they will not make tuck frequent sallies as heretofore. Head-rzarters, Yillafranca, is. Official accoulit of the action of the 12th of Oclo btr; St. Cugar del Vai s " Scarcely had twenty-ftUr hours -elapsed from the arrival of 2GO Spanish - hussars at the line of the Lobregat, when we experienced the happy effe(is of supplying the dificiency of cavalry necessary to operate - effeetually against- tire enemy. This was made manifest. in the action Oil the 12th, at St. Cugar. On that day the enemy ; abont 3000 in number, !marched out to rob, pillage, and burn Del Valles, under the colour of an expedition or attack (a. they usually denominate such operations,) though the country is quite open, defenceless, and unarmed. General cALDAGUES, t'eing opportunely informed of moyement, marched tiuou on the same day from the'line of the Lobregat, with only 2500 troops •of •every description, in three cohimtts, and six pieces of artillery. The :first column was con], manded by Don CAnt.nS l‘losmito, Lieutenarit- Colonel of the Soria Regiment of Infantry; the se cond, by Don GASPAR GOMEZ D. LA SEENA, Co lonel of that of Granada; and the third, by Colonel Don JUAN OToNovAN, Commandant of the ad battalion of the regiment of Ultonia. The hussars, under the command of their Serjearit Major, Don CASSIMEIIO,LOY, formed the advanced guard, and one hundred men of the light squadron of Catalonia, unair the command of their Captain Don RAMON J,,s.RAIENTA. " General CALDAGUES, having received certain information that the enemy were in St: Cugar, ra • pidly advanced towards them ; and on reaching' the hermitage of Santo Domingo, discovered an ad vanced guards of 200 men, which had been just posted. It was instantly ththwn into disorder, and compelled to fly with precipitation by the well-cli= reeled fire of a field -piece and a howitzer, under the orders of D. GIL SACNZ DE TEJADA, Capt of artil lery; and a discharge of musketry by the Royal Sap p6rs, commanded by D. NieLciroa SILVESTRE. " At this moment appeared at the entrance of the town a strong column of the enemy, who were, gallantly attacked by only .two companies of the Roj'al Walloon Guards, cornnaanded by Lieutenant- Colonel D. IVIANUEL DUMONT, who were afterwards reinforced by goo men of the regiment of Soria.-- The enemy made a bold and obstinate chart to get possession of the two pieces or artillery above-men stoned; but two discharges of grape shot, and a charge by the brave hus,lars, put an end to the ac tion almost as soon'as it commenced. Stich of the French as escaped being made prisoners fled, some of them towards the town, and some to the left, to save their lives. ' " While General CALDAGUES,wa3 occupied with this first attack, his Major-General D. JOSEPH ALOY so opportunely moved the third column forward on the right of the first, that the * enemy abandoned the town, apprehensive of being surrounded ; pushing forwards, however, - - a column on the same side of the torn; which tied the instant our's came in sight. The third column, and part of the nig, pursued the enemy with so much intrepidity, that they were driven successively from the various heights which they occupied, and fled from post to post, as tar as the environs of St. Pedro Martin Night and shame covered the French from the indigoation of ()tar troops._ " The second. column, which matched by the left of the first to cut off another body of the ene my, was hot able to effect it, it) con,equence of the approach of eight, so that they took no part in the action. " The General 'having thus got rid of the enemy, returned in the best order to re-occupy hiS position on the line of the Lobregat, after an absence of only eleven hours, leaving to the inhabitants of the town of St. Cngar the dead bodirs of the French, to in form them at day-break of what had passed the pre ceding night. According to the most moderate ac. counts, the loss of the,enemy was nofless than 600 killed and prisoners. Among the latter is LORENZA, Chef d'Escadron, an Officer of Cuirassiers, and an other of Chasseurs. A considerable number of the ImperiplVelites were killed, wounded, or taken. A number of horses were killed, and several taken,with considerable, quantities of arms, &c. On our side we have had eight killed, and 38 wounded, including the Serjeaur . Major or Hussars, D. CA- , INIERO LOT, and 12 missing. •We had t 2 horses killed, and 1 i wounded. - • " General CALDAGUeS bestows great praise upon all the Officers and troops, as well as the Miqueiets. He particularly mentions D. JUAN O'DONOVAN and D. CASINIEROIOY, who, notwithstanding his receiving three bayonet wounds, constantly return ed to the attack with unshaken resolution; and continued on horseback until the enemy were com pletely driven out of sig4t." MANRESA, OCT. 15.—The following is a copy of the dispatch from Colonel Don FRANCI.CO DE MILANS to the Juntaof Government o f thi s pl ace : , " On the 10th, at six in the morning, I was at.: tacked by five columns of infantry, 400 cavalry, and nine pieces of cannon. Three'colomnsattacked me in front, and . two on the Rinks, with the intention of turning my position, so that to reserve my ar ' tillery and my out-posts, I gave orders for a retreat ; but it was so condneted, that out few stopped until they reached Granollers. I "remained behind with about two hundred men and 30 Officers, who being provided with muskets, returned with 'me to the encampment, then in flames, and kept up a brisk fire upon the enemy, which threw them into dis order, and by the fi:ishes from our pieces, directed the out poSts to the' m eans o f escape, which all of them etreaed with the exception „of a -Captain and about ten mcn, who, from" their own imprudence, were taken prisoners. I inimedi,ttely proceeded to occupy the height close to the encainpiqunt,- where, with about 100, men, and 30 Officers; I held the enemy in check about two hours ; and I then tell back from one height to another as far as COlreria de . cartuxos, about there quarters ue a league distant from the encampment. To acquire this short extent of ground, the enemy had to sustain an incessant fire from siz in the morning until dark. " The enemy passed the night in the vicinity of the encampment. I returned to attack them in the, Morning - of - the I ;411,_ with :ny small body, -corn pelling them to retreat as far as Bessos. Being joined by the troops there and four covered waggons, they took the road to Granollers; ; and as I at' this moment received a dispatch from the Junta at Gerona, assuring me that the obje& of the sally • from Barcelona was to operate as a diversion of the considerable force that was entering the coun try by way of Ampurdan, I ordered my Officers to concentrate My troops. This being done, I dire.:.-1- • ed my march to St. Celoni to intercept the enemy, to attack him ar the Rim, de • Trenta Passos, that quarter presenting the most favourable grounds for • our operations; . bait this plan did not take effea, in conserinence, of my receiying . intelligence, when I arrived there, that the enemy had returned to Bar celona. Upon learnin , ° this I retreated to A rens d e Mar, where I pass e d the night, and shadretnain during this day ; and to-morrow I shall return to. occupy my first position, wiwre I shall a , ..,!ait the further orders of your Excellcncws. , . . , - " The loss of tile enemy ai»ouuted to 15417 men. Ours consists of twelve lilted and twenty wounded. Among the., latter are twi.) Captains and one. Liin • tenant. lam unable to particularize those who dig .tinuistied themselves, hot haying yet receivqd the repot - is of the different Conunanders. GOD, &C." " Arens, oa. 15, 1808." (PRIVATE LETTER.) ST. ANDER°, Nov. 9.—A dreadful account has . reached from. Bilboa: -The French have. again got possession of the place. Yesterday and to•day there has been a continual landing of wound ed soldiers. The enemy have alsb got possession of Castro ; and it is said they are on the way hither. The hiltahiCanis 'Of this place are much alarmed, and . all the craft are loading with the effects of the place. (PRIVATE LETTER.) ST. ANnzaO, Nov. 12.—When I last wrote to you, our accounts from Bilboa were distressing.— Our official accounts, thank God, are of a different complexion.—General BLAKE has given the enemy a °complete drubbing. The killed, wounded, and prisoners, amount to 3000 men. Five hundred horses are taken, and all. the cannon the French had in the anion. The Spaniards drove the enemy two leagues, and have once more got possession of Bil boa, in which place they found upwards of 200 wounded French. ALGESIRAS, Nov. 3.—By this post we have no Gibraltar Gazette, owing to some delay in its deli very ; but we 'have received the agreeable intelli, gence , that various English ,Transports have arrived in that harbour, with 3500 Spanish soldiers belong ing to those whom the French had disarmed at Lis, bon, who, are now on their way,to Catalonia, coin-. pletely armed by the English. They alSo take with them 20,000 'muskets. The'Trantportti . plit into Gibraltar, in order to take in provisions for the navigation to Tarragona, as they could not be fur nished with them in Portugal. These troops are under the command of Field-Marshal Don GREGO RIA LAGUNA.' REVS, Ocr. 15.—0 n Monday last 4500 of the Monsieurs made a sally from Barcelona, in the di rection of Gerona. They brOke ihrongh Our line of Moncada, notwithstanding all the resistance made by the Commander of th a t line, the brave .MlLAtis DEL BOsCH, who, however, held them in check as Fug as he could, anti almost aff'orded time for the arrival of the reinfOrcement, which our General, on hearing of the_ event, ordered to march from Molins del ftei, in conjunction with 300 cavalry that came trbnt Minorca. l'tie l mei were in action on Tues day evening, and s killed with their oi'n hands 400. of the Monsieurs. This account is official ; but not SO another, which says, that the rem of the sin ditti had fallen hack, and re-entered Barcelona. We shall ascertain this to-morrow morning. It was re ported here that our Miquelets were in Barcelona; but we, unfortunateiy, know that this is not true. With the arrival., however, of the 12,000 men whom we extent from Valencia and Arragon, we have no doubt of being able to relieve the poor in habitants of that city i who are reduced to the utmost distress. GERONA, OCT., 3.—On, the tst instant arrived here tilt: Lieutenant Colonel of the Swis4 regiment of Wimptien, with 260 of that Corps, beside, a company ot the grenadiers and one of the . fusileera of the BOurbon regiment at infantry; the whole being placed under the orders of the Illustrious Junta ot this place; who have 'directed . that three hundred of them ,shall pioueed to the fAPtress of Rasas. Yesterday entered a battalion of the regiment of Bourbon, with their Commanding Officer at tneir, head ; also the. first battalion of the - M►quelets, of Tarragona, and a company of those of Vich, wide!' the command of Colonel a NARCISSO DE LA VALETE. Being kept in continual alarm, from the frequent advances and retrograde muvetnents of the French, in reinforcing the Castle of San Fernando, as they make incursions by way of Ampurdan, and ravage the.country with a sinail body of horse, our force on .the frontiers being in , tiffit ient to preset t this evil ; and as, t a t :lie other hind, the garrison of this place was . diily growing weaker, from the . detachments sent to succour that of Rusas, which is threatened, .and tar the protection of the tioiatirt, it duty which cannot be neglected; it is inopoSsible to describe the joy produced in this env by the arrival of these aux iliary troops; the inhaintants gladly recognizing them as the defenders of their habitations, and Wes. sing and applauding the beneficent hand which has sent them to us. By fevers trona Rosas, we learn, that on the 27th ult. the English ship Quint, (Kent) of 74 guns, entered that Bay. A polacre sailed the same day for Sicily with a number of Neapolitan deserters an board. • The peasants of the Ampordan, who had gone -to their respective homes, returned hither lea body on the 28th, with the most valuable part of their move ables, in consequenee of the considerable reinforce ments that had entered San Fernando de Figueras, notw►thstanndin►g the obstinate resistance they met . with from our troops and peasantry in the adair of Junquera, on the 24th ult. which was most warmly contested on both sides. MADRID, OCT. 22.—The • Diario, of last Thurs day, contains 'the details of a Civic Militia to be raised in this city. The Junta of Aranjuez, with the approbation of the Council of Castile, has de creed the formation of seven bodies, consisting of . 6000'. infantry and 1400 horse. FOr this Militia all I the inhabitants are to be inlisted from 16 to 50 • years of age without any exception whatever. The Nobility, including the Grandees of Spain, &c. are to form two regiments ; one of Cavalry of tow men, and the other of Infantry, composed . of tw . 4 battalions of 600 men each. The Advocates are included, but the Judges are exempt. The Officers of GoVernment • another regiment • of 1200 men. The Merchants, including the great trading aud chartered parties, .are to - keep another regiment. The Attbrnies, Agents, Notaries, sze. a regiment of 1200 men. The 6th regiment is to be maintained by the ma nupeturers and artisans. One or two squadrons of cavalry, for the Nobi lity. The horses to be kept by themselves. The Officers to be chosen by their respective' classes, being first proposed to the Junta for their concurrence. The some Paper states, that on the ff. 3d pe l° r ; o ' r 3 r , '` ,) ! , e e variety of- religious ceremonies were to be by the Augustine Monks. The Order of /331%4.1 r t ,, and the' Congregation of the Holy Mary del P I g rit and dedicated to the worship of the Holy of the Altar, in order to appease the Divine %yr ' on account of the profanations committed by ther Frenchto return thanks to the Divine !new> . ' y the singular proteaion- given to Spain_and• to IV; More that he would continue their victories ev e ': their enemies, restore as soon as possible their bc" loved Monar ch FERDLNAND VII. establish in his no' dent dignity and splendour his Holiness Pope NI VII. and to gra n t p ro sp er i t y to t he• Supreme Jun ta in the happy Government of The Monarchy. The Digrio of this day contains a Manifesto bi General PALAFOX, dated Saragossa, acknowled4ing the liberal aid granted by the city of Tudela to the l Army of Arragon, and full of warm and libe l ' praises of the patriotism and loyalty of that city CORUNPIA, Nov. 7.--Yesterday arrived here th e Encounter Brig, with an En g li s h M esse nger, bc o , - i S said to have brought Dispatches of considerable W d portance for the British Mi n i ster at Madrid; a n this morning lantlectfrom the Plover Sloop of War' the General of Cavalry, 14rd PAGET. The Trans ports with the troops were seen this morning; s leagues from the'toast.. LT -. We re Some rt ports of a rather n olib in, circulation this morning, respetiting the Wove of the enemy ; but nothing certain has transP ir— i ' nor has Government publi s h e d an y thing 0f.60) l the subje&. The:English troops continue to gl arc : lx in detachments for B urgos , w h ere t h ey are toj °l the _wing of that nation now on it way from FO ctir (_.. gal. " 5 0 ARANJEUZ, OCT. 9.—His Excellency D° ll o f SEPiI DE RALAF6X NI ELZI , C apta i n -G e neral Arragott, has transmitted a rep or t, ma d e w h.° by e Lieut. General Don JOHN O'NEIL, comman dill : the right division of that army, which is as lows • a MOST EXCELLENT SIR, " The enemy having m arc h e d a ll t h e troops frailex Monreal and Salinas to Nardues, isorder to a rts my posit on, and sack the Town of Aibar; tileY aP h ; peared in five columns, consisting each of hundred men and two pieces of cannon and be : gan the attack at e i g h t o ' c l ock i n the worniPP; • The fire of the advanced parties soon pointed Ot it- wi t me the tletny's views, an d I h astened according) without a Moment's loss, t o the abov e t own , 04 463 the remainder of the first battalion of the Volult of Aragon; the first section of auesca, the firs t giment of the Volunteers of 'Wmell, one battali e o f the second regiment of ValenCia, and 50 hors e cie j the King's Dragoons. Our a d vance d p osts clefeli for three hour s th e i r p os i t i o n w i t h t h e utinosi it't re, pidity and valour ; but owing to the EnetPY'' io superiority . in number, they were at l as t oblig ej ., fall back to Alba, _.until three o'clock in the '' ff et noon, when, being joined by the ,above TrooP' ; ' 4 , resolved to attack the En e my: I accordingly , ed : Don PEDRO GAsCA, who commands the teers of Arragon, and Don PEDRO ViLLACA SIII Major of the corps of Huesca, with 4o0:1 - 0 3 ' Leche; and Col. Don PHILIP PERZNA tO supported by the rest of the above corps. " The a&-lion was commenced with uncor l37 , enthusiasm and spirit : our troops rendered ( 12 ' 4 , selves masters of the wood which comma:l( l i O g et i and the enemy, fr om f ear o f b e i ng surroun ded, e x AA o with the utmo,t p r e c i p i tat i on , l eav i ng the .-cireci battle covered with the s l a i n , an d were coroP el e to abandon their formidable position of Nil ° and retreat to Monreal. ded, " Onr loss consisted i n ' a kill e d , an d 14 w ° ' - o f of the first battalion of A rragon, an d the rps t Huesca, which cannot b e ca ll e d considerable that of•the enemy amounts to 200 men. • " I cannot, but b e stow th e hi g h est praise °-- t ilf bravery and good condo& of the troops under" ) : command, and feel it a duty incumbent on me, _,,for, ticularly to recommend t o y our Excellency the O lv eel cers and men of the first battali on o f t h e Vo!tintL of Arragon, and , of the corps of Huesca, who b°- ' . the brunt of the action, ° P e " I have direEled Brigadier Gen er al Don in FIVALLER to occupy Lumbier, in order to he'll the enemy more c l ose ly cn m y r i g h t. God posclste you many years. " Jon:: O'NEI I " (Extraordinary Madrid Gazette, va. 30.) ;me the MADRID, OCT. 29.—The Troops compos ing • titg first division of E s t rema d ura passe d t h rou gh capital on their march t o B urgos . Th e horse an o artillery were partieulatly excellent, and the TrQ°l7 were all in high spiriti. CORUNNA;NOV. 6.--On the 2d inst. diselutW keti here Lord HOLLAND and his family. kred S t MADRID, OCT. MORLA, is hourly arr.- , 8 01 ' Aranjuez, and Signor S AAVEDRA is MIT '-'"r e a , e , there, as he was to leave Seville on the 24II ) • • neral LLAMAS has also arrived at the same pla ce ' ler General the Conde DE COMPIONE has left Logrona, in order to take the command of his di ; „, sion. General RIMING also sets out for Gata l°°i3. se d Within the last three days 178 waggons have 1 11 through here irom S e vill e , wkth cloths and °I neces4aries for the Army of Andalusia. i ~~